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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
REPORT: Aaron Walker Arrested After Maryland Hearing on Kimberlin Case UPDATE: Walker Now Released — UPDATE 6:25 p.m. ET: Sources say that blogger Aaron Walker has been released from custody in Rockville, Maryland. He was charged with “incitement,” but released on his own recognizance.
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Dmoynihan / Munsey's Technosnarl:
When Your Honor, This Man Is a Convicted Domestic Terrorist Is Not Enough — Update: Apparently Walker was arrested on Battery Charges filed by Kimberlin over an iPad at the close of the hearing. Also, welcome everyone, this site is mostly about free ebooks, especially pulp fiction …
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Nice Deb and Conservative Hideout 2.0
Tiffany Gabbay / TheBlaze.com:
BLAZE CONFIRMS: CONSERVATIVE BLOGGER ARRESTED FOLLOWING COURT HEARING WITH CONVICTED SPEEDWAY BOMBER BRETT KIMBERLIN — This is a breaking story. Please check back frequently for updates. — UPDATE I: The Blaze spoke to a clerk at the District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County …
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LEE STRANAHAN dot COM, The Volokh Conspiracy, Examiner, Atlas Shrugs and Pat Dollard
Chris Smith / Twitchy:
Blogger and Brett Kimberlin target Aaron Walker arrested in Maryland … This is absolutely outrageous. In a positively Kafka-esque turn of events, a Maryland judge has ordered that Walker be taken into police custody while serial harasser, terrorist, and killer Kimberlin remains free.
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Michelle Malkin, The Radio Patriot, Pink Flamingo Bar, An Ex-Con's View and Truth Before Dishonor
SOOPERMEXICAN:
Judge in Kimberlin Hearing Woefully ignorant of Internet, Twitter — From @OlympiaPress, who attended the Brett Kimberlin hearing [I added emphases]: … Read the entire post here — Update — I inquired of @OlympiaPress about the death threats:
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An Ex-Con's View
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Breaking: Domestic Terrorist Kimberlin Has Conservative Blogger Arrested ...Update: Aaron Worthing Asks For Help — The World Is Upside-Down — Conservative blogger Aaron Walker was arrested today after the Maryland hearing on the Kimberlin case. — ‘Speedway Bomber’ …
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Truth Before Dishonor and therightplanet.com
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
And you thought justice was blind... [update]
And you thought justice was blind... [update]
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American Spectator and That Innocuous Girl
Donald Trump / CNN:
Blitzer and Trump go at it over Trump's ‘birther’ claims — (CNN) - Donald Trump did not back down Tuesday from his questioning of President Barack Obama's birthplace, instead arguing heatedly with CNN's Wolf Blitzer that “a lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate,” …
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Washington Wire, Politico, msnbc.com, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog and Guardian
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Trump, Romney's surrogate, goes on ‘birther’ offensive — While the Obama campaign actively works to tie Mitt Romney to the controversial “birther” assertions of Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and reality show host is ramping up his focus on the purported conspiracy ahead of a campaign fundraiser …
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Politico, ABCNEWS, CNN, Liberal Values and Prairie Weather
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: Stop letting Mitt Romney off easy
The Morning Plum: Stop letting Mitt Romney off easy
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CNN, ABCNEWS, Associated Press, BuzzFeed, msnbc.com, American Prospect and Mother Jones
BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Accuses Obama Campaign Of “Reverse Psychology” On Birther Issue
Donald Trump Accuses Obama Campaign Of “Reverse Psychology” On Birther Issue
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Washington Post and The Right Scoop
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Why Won't Mitt Romney Disavow Birther Donald Trump?
Why Won't Mitt Romney Disavow Birther Donald Trump?
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Hot Air, The Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, Washington Wire and Washington Post
Mike Allen / Politico:
Mitt Romney camp to attack the stimulus
Mitt Romney camp to attack the stimulus
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CNN, Washington Post, PERRspectives, Politicker, Wake up America, The Reaction, The New Republic, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, National Review and Campaign 2012
New York Times:
Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will — WASHINGTON — This was the enemy, served up in the latest chart from the intelligence agencies: 15 Qaeda suspects in Yemen with Western ties. The mug shots and brief biographies resembled a high school yearbook layout.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
GLENN GREENWALD — “Militants”: media propaganda
GLENN GREENWALD — “Militants”: media propaganda
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New York Times, Firedoglake and ABCNEWS
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Pro-life group's hidden camera footage shows complicity in ‘sex-selective’ abortions — Live Action says Planned Parenthood and other U.S. abortion providers are willing to assist in the termination of baby girls for pregnant women who choose abortion because they want to have baby boys.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
New Live Action video shows Planned Parenthood encouraging gender-selective abortion, Medicaid fraud
New Live Action video shows Planned Parenthood encouraging gender-selective abortion, Medicaid fraud
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Planned Parenthood Sting Caught On Video, Released By Anti-Abortion Activists
Planned Parenthood Sting Caught On Video, Released By Anti-Abortion Activists
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LifeNews.com, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Adrienne's Corner and The PJ Tatler
Max Pizarro / Politicker NJ:
Booker communications director resigns — Anne Torres, communications director for Newark Mayor Cory Booker, is resigning, effective today. — Sources say her resignation comes amid internal adminstration strife in the aftermath of Booker's appearance on Meet the Press.
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Politico, Mediaite, Gothamist, Politicker, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
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David Giambusso / New Jersey Online:
Newark City Hall communications director resigns in wake of Booker's ‘Meet the Press’ appearance
Newark City Hall communications director resigns in wake of Booker's ‘Meet the Press’ appearance
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Washington Post, The Hill, Jammie Wearing Fools and TheBlaze.com
David Smith / Guardian:
Robert Mugabe appointed as UN international envoy for tourism — The Zimbabwe president, accused of ethnic cleansing and bankrupting his country, asked to champion tourism — With a line-up that includes Drew Barrymore, David Beckham, Orlando Bloom, and Ricky Martin …
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The Herald …, Michelle Malkin, National Post, msnbc.com, FP Passport, Weasel Zippers, Wonkette, Fausta's Blog, The PJ Tatler and Via Meadia
Maggie Habermanand Emily Schultheis / Reuters:
New Sarah Palin approach; better results — Everyone has wondered who the Sarah Palin of 2012 would be. The answer is...Sarah Palin. — Palin's star power faded along with that of the other conservative Mitt Romney alternatives and her media presence has dwindled.
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ABCNEWS and Taylor Marsh
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama safe in Michigan — Barack Obama won't have to worry too much about holding Michigan for the Democrats this fall- he leads Mitt Romney 53-39 there, a lead little changed from PPP's last poll of the state in February when his advantage was 54-38. — Romney just doesn't have much of a home field advantage in the state.
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The Caucus, Liberal Values, Ballot Box, Politico and Swampland
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Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Edwards put move on gal, 25 — GREENSBORO, NC — Horndog hubby John Edwards shamelessly hit on comely co-eds just months after his wife, Elizabeth, died of cancer. — Edwards, 58, who is on trial on charges of campaign-finance violations, flexed his trial-lawyer charm on pretty Andrea Love …
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TheBlaze.com
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
In Defense of Chris Hayes — The MSNBC host is getting beat up for remarks he made about the heroism of American soldiers. Really, his critics are the ones who should be apologizing. — Very few Americans wake up early on weekend mornings to watch public intellectuals chat.
rt.com:
'Allah's enemy!' Radio host slash-attacked for anti-Islam rant on air — Photo from www.radiomayak.ru — A radio host has been hospitalized after being cut 15 times by an unidentified criminal. Two weeks ago the journalist ventured to criticize the founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammed, on air.
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Atlas Shrugs, Guardian, Weasel Zippers, Bare Naked Islam, Jihad Watch and The Gateway Pundit
Thaddeus McCotter / detroitnews.com:
“You clean up your own mess” — Why I will run a write-in primary campaign — Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans," John Lennon mused. How right he was. — Last Friday, shortly before a Memorial Day weekend wreath-laying commemorating and honoring …
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Washington Wire, Washington Post, Political Economy and CNN
Craig Pittman / Tampa Bay Times:
Wetlands expert suspended by DEP after she refuses to approve permit — Florida's top state wetlands expert has been suspended after she refused to issue a permit on a controversial project — one that she said her boss was willing to bend the rules to approve.
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ThinkProgress and Crooks and Liars
Phil Vinter / Daily Mail:
Woman stalked by rogue kangaroo for TWO DAYS before vicious attack which left her with 12-inch scar — A hostile kangaroo launched a savage assault on a mother after spending two days stalking her - then attacked her husband as she recovered in hospital. — Kirrily McWilliams was left …
Pew Global Attitudes Project:
European Unity on the Rocks — OVERVIEW — In Europe, what started out four years ago as a sovereign debt crisis, morphed into a euro currency crisis and led to the fall of several European governments, has now triggered a full-blown crisis of public confidence: in the economy, in the future …
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Firedoglake, Telegraph, Economix and FP Passport
Bloomberg:
Debt-Ceiling Deja Vu Could Sink Economy — Europe is crumbling. China is slowing. The Federal Reserve is dithering. Yet the biggest threat to the emerging U.S. economic recovery may be Congress. — John Boehner, the leader of the House Republicans, has promised yet another fight …
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American Prospect and ThinkProgress
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House to vote on bill penalizing abortion based on sex of child — The House will vote this week on legislation imposing criminal penalties on anyone performing an abortion based on the sex of the child, but the measure runs the risk of failing on the floor because of how the GOP is calling it up.
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ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, The Huffington Post and Feministing